Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1992, 10:18 PM CDT for Caddo County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1992, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Caddo County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 906 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
645 PM FRI JUN 19 1992
TIME COUNTY REPORT
335 PM LOGAN 3/4TH INCH HAIL 3 MILES WEST AND
2 MILES SOUTH OF MULHALL.
414 PM LINCOLN 3/4 INCH HAIL IN PRAGUE.
417 PM POTTAWATOMIE 3/4 INCH HAIL 14 MILES EAST AND 3
MILES SOUTH OF AYDELOTTE.
425 PM SEMINOLE NICKEL-SIZED HAIL 4 MILES EAST AND
2 AND 1/2 MILES NORTH OF LITTLE.
530 PM HUGHES 60 MPH WINDS 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF
STUART.Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ019-020-200040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 640 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT FOR COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AT 640 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST OF AMARILLO NEAR SKELLYTOWN. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAD A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT 620 PM NEAR BORGER AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. MOVEMENT OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTO?RM EAST AT 25 MPH. ELSEWHERE...A FEW RAINSHOWERS WERE NEAR BRISCOE IN THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ019-020-200205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 805 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT FOR COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AT 805 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS...SOME SEVERE...ALONG AND WEST OF A FAIRVIEW OKLAHOMA...ERICK... AMARILLO TEXAS LINE. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS APPEAR TO INDICATE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...IT IS LIKELY THAT ANOTHER WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. AT PRESENT...IT APPEARS THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...MAY MOVE INTO HARDEMAN AND FOARD COUNTIES BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 PM AND INTO WICHITA COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER CHANGES BY KEEPING INFORMED WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TXZ019-020-200253- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 853 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT FOR COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AT 853 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS...SOME SEVERE...ALONG AND WEST OF A RINGWOOD OKLAHOMA...HOBART... SILVERTON TEXAS LINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF CHILDRESS NEAR WELLINGTON. MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF CHILDRESS CONTINUES TO BE ON TRACK FOR MOVING INTO HARDEMAN COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AROUND 930 PM. PRESENT INDICATIONS SHOW THAT THIS STORM WILL LIKELY REMAIN NEAR SEVERE LIMITS AS IT APPROACHES HARDEMAN COUNTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS DANGEROUS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ019-020-200253- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT 1ST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 853 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT FOR COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AT 853 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS...SOME SEVERE...ALONG AND WEST OF A RINGWOOD OKLAHOMA...HOBART... SILVERTON TEXAS LINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF CHILDRESS NEAR WELLINGTON. MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF CHILDRESS CONTINUES TO BE ON TRACK FOR MOVING INTO HARDEMAN COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AROUND 930 PM. PRESENT INDICATIONS SHOW TXHAT THIS STORM WILL LIKELY REMAIN NEAR SEVERE LIMITS AS IT APPROACHES HARDEMAN COUNTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS DANGEROUS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:50 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 69 min |
| Jun 19, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Seminole | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.